ST. PETERSBURG, FL.- The nearly 50 works in The Human Touch: Contemporary Art from the RBC Wealth Management Collection reflects a stounding diversity in media and the people portrayed. The exhibition, on view May 14-September 4. From serious to whimsi…
Frieze Writer’s Prize: Call for Entries
LONDON.- Frieze, the leading magazine for contemporary art and culture, is inviting entries for the Frieze Writer’s Prize 2011. Frieze Writer’s Prize was established in 2006 and is presented annually. The aim of the prize is to promote and encourage n…
Newly Acquired Grayson Perry Works to Be Shown in Manchester
MANCHESTER.- Two striking works by Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry will go on display in a new show at Manchester Art Gallery next week. A vase entitled Jane Austen in E17 (2009) and an etching, Print for a Politician (2005), were recently bo…
Ann Shostrom’s First One-Person New York Exhibition in 18 Years at Elizabeth Harris Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- Elizabeth Harris Gallery presents a solo exhibition, Harvest, by Ann Shostrom. This is her first exhibition with the gallery and her first one-person New York exhibition in 18 years. Ann Shostrom’s paintings operate within the seams…
Dr. Kent Lydecker Appointed New Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
ST. PETERSBURG, FL.- Seymour Gordon, President of the MFA’s Board of Trustees, has announced that Dr. Kent Lydecker will be the new director. He will begin his duties October 12 and replaces Dr. John Schloder, who retired in July after more than n…
New York City Art Dealer Who Bilked Stars Gets Prison Time
NEW YORK (AP).- An art dealer who conned his star-studded clientele out of $120 million while indulging in such luxuries as a private baseball stadium was sentenced Tuesday to at least six years in prison for a fraud that swept up John McEnroe and the …
New York City Art Dealer Who Bilked Stars Gets Prison Time
NEW YORK (AP).- An art dealer who conned his star-studded clientele out of $120 million while indulging in such luxuries as a private baseball stadium was sentenced Tuesday to at least six years in prison for a fraud that swept up John McEnroe and the …